Dear friends!
This post is some kind of a reach out for help regarding the Steemit platform and how I can be more valuable and profitable in here.
My questions are about Voting Power, Upvote worth, good practices on voting/ commenting and how not to be annoying.
From what I have already read and watched on explanatory videos, articles and the FAQs of steemit, the way to increase one's Voting Power is either by Powering Up, using author/ curators' earnings, or investing money and then Powering Up.
The best ones that I have found until now are:
(an older one)
and
(the most recent)
But I still have questions about other things on which I have found contradictory answers, and what's more they are all from at least two years before. Nothing recent that I could find.
First of all, is voting regularly (in a sensible spreading votes manner, not all at once and not over 10 votes per day) good or bad for my Upvote Worth (this is not a question about voting power, but the worth of the vote)? I have read both answers (sorry, I could not find today these posts amongst the chaos of the many I have read, but as soon as I do I will post them in the comments).
What about comments?
Also, at this time and for at least the last three months, my Upvote worth is stubbornly stuck in $0.00.
How can this be changed?
Despite that, I keep upvoting content that I really like. I would like to know if this annoys any of you people as it is just an empty like when it comes to reward. One of the reasons that I would like to find a way to figure all this out as quickly as possible is because I would really like to give value to what I find valuable.
Of course I would like to be profitable myself too, but I understand (and actually like) the fact that in this platform the committed ones over time get to be rewarded and it is not just a bubble. But staying stuck for this long, and more importantly not knowing if it is normal or if it is my fault/ I am doing something totally wrong, got me to decide to write this post and ask for your help.
I know that I should study very thoroughly the white paper and the FAQs and everything that I can get my hands (or keyboard and mouse) onto, and of course I will continue doing so (there are so so many more subjects on Steemit that I would like to know thoroughly apart from these ones), but sometimes I am feeling like losing my mind and I could really use some help if some of you have better understanding of all this.
Thank you in advance and wishing the best for all of you!